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I just wonder at what point public perception becomes so negative that they're actually jeopardizing profits. Not only are they getting criticized by the genera
by longerthoughts 8y ago
I just wonder at what point public perception becomes so negative that they're actually jeopardizing profits. Not only are they getting criticized by the general public and the US government, but they've reached a point where their own employees are speaking out against them and even leaving the company on ideological grounds.
- stevehawk 8y agoThe problem may be that the public doesn't seem to get it. They just don't seem to process, or care, that google is mining everything they give them - search, email/calendar/etc, Android, etc etc. I guess a lot of it is behind the scenes enough that they don't understand it or don't get riled up like they do about Facebook and the like.
- pault 8y agoI have a non-technical friend who doesn't use facebook, pays for everything in cash, and will only use e2e encrypted chat clients, but he has this irrational hate for apple because "hipsters" and uses an android phone that literally documents his every move. It drives me crazy.
- stevehawk 8y agowhat cracks me up is I got downvoted but I'm pretty I'm right. Over on Ars people are excited about Google Fi.. which.. you know.. is just feeding even more data to the machine.. but hey it's Google and they said "Do No Evil" twenty years ago.